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Hamilton on strategy at the Singapore Grand Prix

Hamilton would have done differently: 'In his position I would have stayed outside'

18 September at 10:03
Last update 18 September at 12:35
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  • Olly Darcy
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George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were still gunning for victory in the closing stages of the Singapore Grand Prix, but after a fantastic battle, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris managed to keep the Mercedes drivers behind. Hamilton reveals what he would have done differently had he been in his teammate's position.

Hamilton would have done it differently

In hindsight, Hamilton thinks it was a good choice to change to mediums during the virtual safety car. "We needed to take the risk, have a shot at trying to get past some of these guys and going for the win. I think we had really good pace. I think the team did a great job," he said after the Formula 1 race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

However, the 38-year-old Briton does think he might have made a different choice had he been in second place at the time, as was the case with Russell. "If I was in his position, I probably would have stayed out and at least kept McLaren behind," Hamilton states.

Moreover, the Mercedes driver believes he was faster than his younger teammate during the race. "Based on our times, I think I was about half a second lap up, but it's so difficult to overtake here," Hamilton added. "You need like a second and a half deficit to the car ahead, and what was really surprising is that the hard hadn't dropped off as much as we thought, but also our tyres dropped off a lot in trying to catch up the huge gap that we're behind."